Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

French President Vincent Auriol acknowledges warm welcome from the parade reviewing stand. A mock up of the Arc de Triomphe provides a backdrop for the occasion. President Auriol is the first French head of state to visit the United States. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from right) meets with delegates to the sixth annual Boys' Nation. Front row, left to right: Earl Cocke, National Commander, American Legion (sponsor of Boys' Nation); Donald Johnston of Pittsburg, Kansas; President Truman; and Cliff Thompson of Fairway, Kansas, President of Boys' Nation. He is presenting the book "The Key to Peace" to President Truman. All others are unidentified.

Carrying "homework," Harry S. Truman walks across the yard from the garage as he goes home to lunch from the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. His walk has slowed but still is fast for almost 80 (May 8). He takes a nap during his lunch recess from work, and is 12-14 pounds heavier, but otherwise much as he was when he left the White House 11 years ago. He's in great demand as a speaker, but finds time to shop for groceries with his wife. (Distance view of backyard with Mr. Truman walking toward the house). From: Houston Post.

Left to right: Madge Gates Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and President Harry S. Truman in the Breakfast Room of the White House, also called the Sun Room. From: Copied from a scrapbook owned by Mrs. James C. Noel and loaned to the Truman Library by her nephew, Jim S. Noel.

Christmas dinner at the White House. Around the table from the left end: Fred Wallace, Madge Gates Wallace, Natalie Wallace, Marian Wallace, First Lady Bess Truman, David Wallace, Christine Wallace, Frank Wallace, George Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman. The servants standing in the background are unidentified. This photo is from an original negative found in the Truman home. From: Truman home.

Missouri government officials gather in Washington, D.C. to discuss their state's part in the Rural Electrification program. From left to right: Governor Guy Park; Sam Hargus, Counsel of the Missouri Public Service Commission; Senator Harry S. Truman; and John Caskie Collet, Chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission.

President Truman in first row at a Washington Senators baseball game. Seated next to him at right are Admiral William Leahy and Press Secretary Charles Ross. On the base of the stereograph is the typed quote "The President: You see, Bess, these balls aren't as good as the kind I used at Noland." From; Lowell Mason's Stereographic Library, Annual Baseball Outing, Volumes I and II. Photographs are of Baseball, Clam and Chowder Club of the United States Senate, of which Harry S. Truman was a member.

Stereograph of Harry S. Truman with a group of men at a luncheon. Left to right: Harry S. Truman, unidentified man, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. From: Lowell Mason's Stereographic Library, Annual Baseball Outing, Volumes I and II. Photographs are of Baseball, Clam and Chowder Club of the United States Senate, of which Harry S. Truman was a member. Same as 70-4252.

President Harry S. Truman along with President and Mrs. Galo Plaza at a state dinner hosted in their honor. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of American, June 20 to 29, 1951"

Ecuadorian President Galo Plaza (left) presents a book about the ancient capital city of Ecuador, Quito, to President Harry S. Truman. They are in the Oval Office. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of American, June 20 to 29, 1951"